Choosing and buying a car is a task that requires a game plan to take on the bloodthirsty sharks that work on car lots. If you get caught up in their selling spiel, you could be impulse buying within the first twenty minutes. Trust me, when I bought a chopper motorcycle instead … [Read more...]

"When you write the story," she begged, "do you promise to be discreet?" I agreed, knowing that "discreet" is a vague term and that verbal contracts mean nothing. But I am feeling benevolent tonight, so I will acquiesce and withhold her real name. Henceforth, I shall simply … [Read more...]

OK, I went on-line and apparently he is “an American football player”. More specifically, he is a “dual threat quarterback,” much like I‘m a dual threat driver – I’m old and reckless. Apparently no one has “seen anything like it” – and that goes for both of us too. He’s … [Read more...]

There are certain things kids are not inclined to do. Buy a time share, turn off light switches, or acquire the art of conventional cooking. My cutie pie dear of a daughter abides by her own rules of steering clear of doing anything in the kitchen that requires more than two … [Read more...]

History lovers often take their inner brains on-- what if—trips. Ask any history buff, professor or amateur, --what if the Chinese had discovered America? The history person will withdraw from all conversation and sit motionless; and behind walled-off glazed eyes, appear to be … [Read more...]